How To Get Published in India: Publishers Reveal What They Are Looking For

It’s an early winter morning. You can hear the birds sing. When you step on fresh, green grass with that glint of dewdrops, you can hear a crunchy sound.

If you walk barefoot, it feels like pure inspiration – to write, to let go.

But there’s more to come.

There can be no greater fun than walking into the company of writers. There is an electric energy in the atmosphere, with writers cutting across all ages and genres, stretched out on the green grass, basking in the sun.

At the Times Lit Fest in Delhi, we saw considerable excitement among writers for this morning session, ‘How to get published?’

English novels print 2,000 to 5,000 copies on an average

If you are an aspiring writer, you need to know what the print run scenario is for every book – Ashok Chopra, CEO & MD of Hay House India tells us. He cites that the younger generation does not enter bookshops. Also, publishing houses go through phases. For example, audio publishing is popular in the US and for a short while, it was a fad in India. It fizzled out but now it has made a comeback. The basic problem in publishing, according to Ashok Chopra is, ‘We are low in print numbers.’

In Hindi, Karthika V K says, ‘We get 30,000 copies of Surendra Pathak’s books. Within months, he brings out the next book and that too gets sold out immediately. His books are getting passed out around in a big way – it’s a huge market.’

She has another IMPORTANT tip for wannabe writers, ‘Contemporary non-fiction is very relevant – look for a subject that has a great deal of relevance. You don’t even have to complete the full book to do this. All you need to do is write a 500-page proposal. Publishers, if they like the synopsis, will be keen on non-fiction and faster to respond.’

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